Window frame and sash.



No. 820,817. PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

R. F. NICHOLS. WINDOW FRAME AND SASH.

APPLIGATION FILED 0GT.24. 1905.

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WINDOW FRAME AND SASH- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed October 24, 1905. Serial No. 284,164.

To wZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that .1, ROBERT FLEn'rwooD NroiroLs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Oakland, in the county of Ala meda and Stateof California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WindowFrames and Sashes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The purpose of the invention is to provide such a construction ofwindow-frame that the window-sashes may be singly or collectively swungwithin the frame a suflicient distance to enable the outer faces oftheir panes to, be cleaned without the operator leaving the room orleaning from the window.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide means whereby thesashes may be thus swung inward without entirely leaving the windowframe or being disconnected from their balance-weights and also toprovide means for holding one or both sashes in their inner positions.

Another purpose of the invention is to so construct the window-framethat the sashes may be quickly and conveniently moved, as stated, and asreadily and expeditiously restored to their normal osition.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a windowl'rame having the improvementsapplied and illustrating the lower sash. as swung inward in a positionto have its outer face cleaned. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 butboth the upper and lower sashes are swung inward and he d in their innerposition. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the window-frame andsashes, the sashes appearing as in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the lefthand side portion of the window-frame. Fig.5 is a detail pers ective view of a socketplate and means or connectingthe socl etplate and the window-frame, and Fig. 6 is a perspective viewof one of the locking-arms employed in connection with a window-sash.

A represents a window-frame, B the up per sash, and C the lower sash,the said window-frame being provided with the usual inner stop-beads Dand parting-strip D, and

sash cords or chains 10, which are carried over pulleys in the frame inthe customary manner and are attached at their opposite ends tobalance-weights. The right-hand stop-bead D is made in two sections-anupper normally-fixed section 11 and a lower removable section 12and theparting-strip D is also made in two sections-an upper fixed section 15and a removable lower section 1. 6 the removable sections of theparting-strip and the stop-bead being about the same llength, and theseremovable sections of the parting-strip and stop-bead extend from awindow-sill, for example, about eight inches meeting-rail of the lowersash; but I do not confine myself to any special length of the saidremovable sections 12 and16 of said stop-bead and parting-strip. Theupper end stop-bead D is provided with a tonguel l, which when saidremovable section of the sto'i-bead is in position enters acorrespondingly-shaped recess 13 in the lower end of the fixed section11, as is shown in Fig. 4. The lower section of the stop-bead may beheld firmly in position by thumb-screws or their equivalents, if sodesired.

Screws 17 or pins are located usually be tween the central portion ofthe right-hand member of the windowirame and the window-sill, and thesaid pins or screws are made to enter inclined slots 18, produced in theouter edge of a socket-plate 19, whose inner edge is provided with anupper vertical sleeve 20 and a lower vertical sleeve 21, so that, itwill be observed, the said socket-plate 19 may be removably connectedwith the windowframe. I desire it to be understood that other devicesmay be employed for attaching it to the window-frame without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In connection with the socket-plate 19 two locking-bars 22 and 23 areemployed, and each locking-bar is provided at its outer end with adownwardly-extending member 24, adapted to enter one of the said sleevesmember 25 at the opposite end, adapted to enter an opening 26 in theright-hand stile of a window-sash.

of the lower or removable section 12 of the The upper locking-arm 22 isemployed in connection with the lower both sashes are shown as beingprovided with above the normal position of the upper 20 or 21, and witha horizontally-projecting sash and is slightly longer than the lowerlocking-arm 23, which is employed in connection with the upper sash.

In the operation of cleaning the windows, the sashes being in theirnormal position, the lower sash is removed or taken out by removing thelower section 12 of the righthand stop-bead D, as is shown in Fig. 1,and then swinging the lower sash at its right-hand stile into the roomin such manner that its left-hand stile will still be in its sash-grooteand in engagement with the left-hand partingstrip, as is shown in Fig.3. The lower sash C is held in said position by means of an upperlocking-arm 22, which is made to enter the opening 26 in the right-handstile of the said lower sash and the upper sleeve 20 of thesocket-plate, as is also shown in Fig. 1. After the lower sash has beenplaced in position for cleaning the upper sash is-lowered and the lowersection 16 of the right-hand parting-strip D is removed and the righthand stile of the said upper sash is swung into the room, as was thecorresponding stile of the lower sash. The upper sash is now held inposition by means of the lower lock ing-arm 23, connected with itsright-hand stile and the lower sleeve 21 in the socketplate 19, as isshown in Figs. 2 and 3. The operation of cleaning may now be commenced.The outside of the top sash is first cleaned. Then the sash is put backinto the frame and its inside is cleaned before raising to place, andthe removed section of the righthand parting-strip is restored. Afterthe top sash is placed in normal position the outside of the lower sashis cleaned, replaced in the frame, and its inside is then cleaned, andthe removed section of the right-hand stop-bead is replaced. Thus itwill be observed that the panes of both sashes may be I cleaned insideand out without necessitating l the operator leaning from the window tothe slightest extent.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A window-frame having a section of its stop-beadand a corresponding section of its parting-strip removable, whereby thewin dow-sashes may be swung into a room at one of their sides,locking-arms for holding the sashes in their inner position, and meansfor engagement by said arms, comprising a plate having a plurality ofsockets for receiving the arms, and a plurality of parallel diagonalrecesses, and screws on the frames for engagement by the recesses.

2. A window-frame having the stop-bead at one side and the parting-stripat the same side constructed in sections of equal length, correspondingsections being removable, window-sashes mounted in the said frame,having their stiles opposite the sectional parting-strip and stop-beadprovided with openings, a detachable socket-plate for attachment to theframe and locking-arms connected with the socket-plate and adapted forconnection with the window sashes through the medium of said openings.

3. A window-frame having its partingstrip and its stop-bead at one sidein two sections, the lower sections whereof are removable from theframe, an upper and a lower sash carried by the frame, a socket-plateremovably connected with the frame, and removable locking-arms connectedwith the socket-plate and adapted for connection with the stiles of thesaid sashes which are opposite the sectional stop-bead and partingstrip,such attachment being made when the said stiles have been swung inwardand upon the removal of the lower sections of the said stop-bead andparting-strip.

4. In a window-frame and sashes therefor, the said window-frame beingprovided at one side with a sectional stop-bead and a sectionalparting-strip, the lower sections of such parts being removable from theframe and the stiles of the window-sashes opposite the sectionalportions of the stop-bead and parting-strip being provided withapertures, a removable socket-plate connected with the window frame, thesaid plate being provided with independent socket-sections, and alockingarm for each sash, which arms are provided withdownwardly-extending lugs at their outer ends and horizontally-extendinglugs at their inner ends, the outer lugs of the said arms being adaptedto enter the socket-sections of the socket-plates and the inner lugs ofthe arms being adapted to enter the side stiles of the sashes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' ROBERT FLEETWOOD NICHOLS.

Witnesses:

T. A. WHITE, DAVID MITCHELL.

